Translation of evidence-based guidelines in preventive cardiology: the EUROACTION program.
The report from the EUROACTION Study Group demonstrates that a nurse-coordinated, multidisciplinary, family-based program results in improvements in patients' lifestyle, control of blood pressure, and use of cardioprotective drugs, when compared with standard care. The results of the study support the need for organized and systematic approaches to individualized cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with, or at high risk for, coronary heart disease. The EUROACTION program is an example of effectiveness research, which aims to develop and validate strategies to implement interventions previously shown to be efficacious.
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Thomas A
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Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. thomas_pearson@urmc.rochester.edu
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents